Is it the local shire council's obligation to subsidise start up airlines at the risk of upsetting those established operators currently paying full whack and providing reliable service?
Not with my rates, thank you. Level playing fields, user pays and all that.
Due diligence would mean they should have known the costs. What they apparently badly miscalculated was the demand. Low loads are usual when a start up airline kicks off. The public have been burned often enough in the past to want proof of reliability before they will change their travel patterns.
Very deep pockets needed here, me hearties.